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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]16:10. Lets do the math together:

443 (students as of count day)
-43  (students that left AFTER count day)
+17 (students added AFTER count day)
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417  (current number of total students)

Basis has currently been paid for 26 students which it is not educating at this time. 
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I think you should be directing your arithmetic lesson at the Post reporter and earlier BASIS bashers.

I already did the math and calculated that enrollment at BASIS is down only 26 (or 6%) since count day, not 43 (or 10%) as the Post reporter implies and the BASIS bashers claim.

BASIS has little control over who leaves.  Students leave after count day for various reasons.  Families move.  They get off the wait list for their preferred charter.  They realize that the commute to the charter is harder than they expected and transfer to their neighborhood school.  They decide that the school requires more work than they are willing to do.  (Heck, they might even be MD residents who were scared away by the threat of more aggressive enforcement of the residency requirement.)

Again, BASIS did not choose this silly method for funding charter schools in DC.  The DC government or PCSB did.  Because of the expectation of higher than average attrition at BASIS due to the mid-year pre-comps, this funding method creates bad PR for BASIS.  I'm sure the folks at BASIS would rather be funded based on monthly enrollment to avoid the appearance of gaming the system.

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